Journalism

The admission process for the Journalism and Mass Media course at Chandigarh University is very easy and simple; you need to see if you are meeting the eligibility criteria. Then you can also go for the CUCET exam, through which you can get a lot of scholarships.  The process is simple. Fill out the application, take the test, or share your score, and then selection is based on merit. So, the criteria is straight. Do well in 12th, appear in entrance, and then admission is possible.

Chandigarh University has been evolving to provide relevant facilities for its Journalism and Mass Communication programs; this is evident from the presence of its University Institute of Media Studies, which figures among a few top media colleges in India, and therefore would have modern laboratories with updated technology for practical learning within the field. While the clips do not detail every piece of lab-specific equipment, the university's standards and resource support imply that they supply industry-standard tools for training students.

Candidates must reach the exam hall/centre by 9:00 am. The deadline to reach the exam hall is 9:15 am. Candidates will not be permitted after that. The VITREE 2026 exam for the January session starts from 10:00 am and will conclude at 12:00 pm.

The COMEDK UGET reporting time is different for each shift. The morning shift reporting time is 7:30 AM, for the afternoon shift timing is 12 PM, while for evening shift it is 4:30 PM.

No, journalism is not a difficult course as compared to engineering or medicine. The syllabus of any journalism bachelor's course consists of subjects such as English/Hindi, Political Science, History, Print Media, TV and electronic Media, Editing, Creative Writing, etc.

Yes journalism can be a government job if you work with government organizations such as the Press Information Bureau (PIB), Lok Sabha TV, Rajya Sabha TV, or Doordarshan on their direct payroll. Along with these, working as a Public Relations representative or Media in-charge for any of the central Ministries, or PSUs also comes under the government job as a journalist.

To join journalism you need first complete 10+2 and appear for any of the mass communication entrance exams such as the JMI Entrance exam, IIMC Entrance exam, ACJ Entrance exam, DCJ Entrance exam, etc. Once you get yourself a seat through any of these reputed colleges you can pursue your graduation in journalism.

There are no predefined minimum age limits. However, the minimum education qualification is 10+2. So to put it into perspective we can say that 16/17 years is the minimum age limit for students to get admission into any journalism course.